Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene brahuica Boiss. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | grey tomentose, branchlets virgate, simple, leaves linear-subulate, abaxially carinate, fasciculate, flowers subsessile, of 3 in cyme, calyx glandular hirsute |
Size | 25-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Turkmenistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) Western Asia (Afghanistan , Iran ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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